アイデンティティ – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 秋山黄色
• Album: FIZZY POP SYNDROME

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of Japanese music with 秋山黄色's "Identity"! This compelling rock anthem, known as the opening for "The Promised Neverland" Season 2, offers a fantastic opportunity to engage with the Japanese language through its vivid and emotional lyrics. By exploring the song's themes of self-discovery and overcoming despair, you can gain insight into Japanese cultural expressions of resilience and personal growth, making language learning both enjoyable and meaningful.

[English]

I remembered, I remembered

The sensation of despair with a single blink

Even when I woke up, I was still dreaming

Our fleeting moments shine in this story

Oh clock hands, please smile a little longer

I was overwhelmed by you

I’ll break the frozen tomorrow

There are so many things I just can't lose

I found you beyond fate

Tears no longer hold any meaning

In the corner of this rapidly spinning world

I breathe as if it's a scream

If we could meet again across thousands of moments

I’ll laugh just beyond despair

...

I remembered, I remembered

The flowing scenery and the things I love

The fact that we met in this world

It’s okay to live, yet it feels suffocating

We exist without knowing the meaning of meaninglessness

Repeating nights that make me want to throw up

Still, I’ll crawl forward and scream

Being here is almost absurd

If I could dream of tomorrow once more

Please don’t hide your loneliness ever again

I found you beyond fate

Tears no longer hold any meaning

To live the "casualness" with someone

I carve my mark on the path I chose

It must be life because it can't be drawn in numbers

In the mirror, I only need to reflect myself

...

To the walking dead, to the walking dead

I know, yet

I can’t say it

I’ll break the frozen tomorrow

I was hit hard by distant memories

I found you beyond fate

Tears no longer hold any meaning

Even if I breathe as if to throw everything away

After all... it’s just as painful anyway

I want to live freely, I want to keep living freely

If it’s a future I chose, I can laugh

...

[Japanese]

思い出した 思い出した

瞬き一回と絶望の感覚を

目が覚めても夢を見てた

僕らの一瞬が輝くストーリーの

時計の秒針よもう少し笑ってくれ

あんたでいっぱいいっぱいだったんだ

凍り凍りつく明日を壊すんだ

どうしても無くしたくないものばかりなんだ

運命の先にあなたを見つけた

もう涙に意味なんかないんだよ

目まぐるしく廻る世界の隅で

まるで叫び声のような息をする

数千の時を超えまた会えたら

絶望の少し先で笑うんだよ

思い出した 思い出した

流れる風景と それが好きなこと

この世界で出会えたこと

生きていいのに 息苦しいこと

僕等は無意味の意味も知れずに居る

吐きそうな夜を繰り返して

それでも這って進んで叫んでやれ

ここに居る事を 呆れるほど

きっともう一度明日を夢見れたら

もう二度と孤独をどうか隠さないでいて

運命の先にあなたを見つけた

もう涙に意味なんかないんだよ

「何気なさ」を誰かと生きる為に

選んだ道で印を刻み込む

数字で描けないから命だろう

鏡には自分だけ映せばいいから

歩く死人に 歩く死人に

わかってるのに

言えないよ

凍り凍りつく明日を壊すんだ

遠い遠い思い出にぶん殴られたんだ

運命の先にあなたを見つけた

もう涙に意味なんかないんだよ

全て投げ出すように息をしても

どうせ... どうせ同じくらい苦しいよ

好きに生きたい 好きに生きていたい

選んだ未来なら笑えるから

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
思い出す /omoidasu/ B1	verb - to remember
瞬き /mabataki/ B2	noun - blink
絶望 /zetsubou/ B2	noun - despair
運命 /unmei/ B2	noun - destiny
涙 /namida/ A2	noun - tear
世界 /sekai/ A1	noun - world
未来 /mirai/ B1	noun - future
孤独 /kodoku/ B2	noun - loneliness
生きる /ikiru/ A2	verb - to live
壊す /kowasu/ B1	verb - to break
選ぶ /erabu/ A2	verb - to choose
道 /michi/ A1	noun - road
声 /koe/ A1	noun - voice
時 /toki/ A1	noun - time
数千 /suusen/ B1	noun - thousands
息 /iki/ A2	noun - breath

Key Grammar Structures

• 思い出した

  ➔ Past tense form of '思い出す' (to remember)

  ➔ It indicates a completed action in the past, 'remembered'.

• 絶望の感覚を

  ➔ Noun + の (possessive or qualifier particle) + を (object marker)

  ➔ の connects '絶望' (despair) with '感覚' (feeling), and を marks it as the direct object.

• 目が覚めても夢を見てた

  ➔ ても (even if) + verb in past tense

  ➔ Expresses concession, 'even if I wake up, I was dreaming'.

• 僕らの一瞬が輝くストーリーの

  ➔ の (possessive or modifier particle)

  ➔ Links '一瞬' (moment) with '僕らの' (our), showing possession.

• 遠い遠い思い出にぶん殴られたんだ

  ➔ に (indirect object marker)

  ➔ Indicates that the 'distant memories' are the target of the action 'being hit'.

• 好きに生きたい

  ➔ に (goal or manner) + 生きたい (want to live)

  ➔ Expresses a desire to live according to one's own preferences or ways.

• 選んだ未来なら笑えるから

  ➔ なら (if) + verb in conditional form

  ➔ Indicates a conditional clause, 'if it's the future I chose'.